Flag holder



p 1933. R. e. HETZEL 1,928,553

FLAG HOLDER Filed Dec. 12, 1932 ATTOR N EY displacement I Patented Sept;26, 1933 I 1ffirmer.nQ I E l :I'Ralph G. Hetzel, Pittsburghyla. 1.

v by the flag will be. displayed in aim anner so that it can" be readilyseen from all angles, and

from vel iic-les andibyipedestrians approaching Y fromall directions.fAnqth hject of the linjvention is tof pro- 1 vide. a nag holder that,is primarily. designed to be secured to thehinge of a motor vehicledoor,for detachable association therewith, and iscapable of being easily andquickly applied and removed, yetv is held against-casual removalor Afurther object o frthe invention is to provide a flag holder of thecharacter set forth, that issimple in construction, inexpensive tomanufacture, and extremely eificient in operation and 2 service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangementof the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accom- 2' panyingdrawing and specifically pointed out in i parts throughout the severalviews, and in Figure 1 is a View illustrating the application of oneform of my flag holder to a motor vehicle. i

Figure 2'is an enlarged view showing the application of the holder tothe vehicle with parts in section. I I a Figure 3 is a front viewof theholder per se.

Figure 4 is a top plan View.

Figure 5 is a vertical. sectional view 'take through a modified form ofmy invention.

Figure 6 is a view of the blank from which the form as shown in Figure 5is made.

Figure 7 is a side view of a further modified form.

Referring to the drawing indetail, it will be noted that my flag holderis primarily designed I ,to be secured to the hinge of a motor vehicledoor as clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2, and '50 the form of theinvention as disclosed in Figures l to 4 inclusive includes asubstantially C- T shaped body member -1 that is providedwith a straightvertical portion and straight horizontal arms 2 and 3 that are arrangedin par-- allelism with respect to each other as best shown a[Application December T12, 1932 f3 Claims. Roi; ars -37) in Figure 2.The 2 is provided with aconcavity in its lower surface for the purposeof receiving the upper rounded end of the hinge A of; the vehicle, whilethelower arm 3 is pro--v vided with a threaded openingfor the passage ofthe threaded shank 4of a thumb screw 5.

Theshank terminates at its inner end ina ball to swivelly receivea capmember 6 that is likewise providedwith a concavity in its face toreceive the lower end of the hinge;-with the result it will-be obviousthat the thumb screw fix-p edly yet detachably secures the holder to thehinge a, and while Ihave disclosed a thumb screw, I wantit' understoodthat. any typeof screw suitable for that; purpose can be employedwithoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

Cooperating with the straight vertical portion of the body member forreceiving a flag staff such as indicated by the letter B is a strip 7which is curved transversely upon itself. The lower end of the strip isbent to provide abottom or stop for a flag stafi and terminates in anear 8 which is riveted or otherwise secured to the body mem ber as bestshown in Figure 2. The strip is arranged in parallelism with thestraight vertical portion with its inner curved face disposed in face toface relation with the straight vertical portion, so that the staff canbe inserted between the stripand straight vertical portion. The strip ispreferably formed from resilient metal so'that it can be adjustablyassociated with the stafi as will be apparent. v

In Figures 5 and 6 I have illustrated a modified form of my inventionthat is preferably formed from a blank of material as shown in Figure 6.The blank includes an elongated portion that is adapted to be bent toprovide a straight vertical portion 9, upper and lower arms 10 and 11,and a lug 12. Formed with the straight vertical portion are wings 13that'are curved transversely upon themselves and rearwardly in a mannerwhereby the free longitudinal edges thereof are disposed in contactingengagement for the purpose of providing a socket to receive the flagstafl and the lug 12 is arranged at the lower end of the socket to actas a bottom therefor as clearly shown in Figure 5.

The lug 12 is formed by crimping the elongated portion of the blank, andthe lower arm 11 which is provided with a threaded opening is likewiseformed by crimping the elongated portion. Threadedly mounted in theopening of the arm 11 is a thumb screw 14 that is identical with thearms 18 and 19, the latter having secured thereto and rising therefrom astud 20 which receives the lower convolutions of a coil spring 21 'whilethe upper convolutions are received by astud 22 that is formed with ahead 24 whichis provided with a concavity, the latter cooperating with aconcavity 25 arranged in the under surface of 7 for detachably securingthe body member to the the arm 18 to engage the upper and lower ends ofa door hinge, and is held thereon accordingly by the pressure exerted bythe coil spring 21. A socket member 26'is secured to the straightvertical portion of the body member l'T'and of course is adapted-toreceive the stafi of a flag.

From the above description and disclosure of the drawing, it will beobvious that I have provided a flag holder that is capable of beingsecured to the door hinge of a motor vehicle and is detachablyassociated therewith, but -will se-' curely support a flag in a mannerwhereby it can bereadily seen by drivers of vehicles and pedestriansapproaching from all directions.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I maymake changes in the constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, providedthat such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:-

1. A flag holder comprising a body member, means for detachably securingthe body member to the door hinge of a motor vehicle, a transverselycurved strip having its lower end secured to the body member andcooperating with a portion thereof to provide a flag staff receivingmeans.

- 2. A flag holder comprising a body member ineluding a straightvertical portion, parallel horizontal arms extending from the ends ofthe straight vertical portion, the upper arm being provided with aconcavity, means carried by the lower arm and cooperating with the upperarm door hinge of a motor vehicle, a transversely curved strip havingits lower end secured to the body member and said strip cooperating withthe straight vertical portion to provide a flag staff receiving means.

3. A flag holder comprising a body member including a straight verticalportion, horizontal arms extending from the ends of the straightvertical portion, means carried by the lower arm and cooperating withthe upper arm for detachably securing the body memberto the door hingeof a motor vehicle, a transversely curved strip having its lower endbent to provide a stop and an ear fixed to said body for disposing thestrip in cooperation with the straight vertical portion to provide aflag stafi receiving means.

-' RALPH G. HETZEL.

